Chris Bardon wrote: > The way I understand things, a major upgrade will effectively do a full > uninstall of the previous version before installing the new version, > correct? Just thinking that the install would take a whole lot longer > this way, and that I'd have to make sure that certain files (e.g. > user-modified configuration files) aren't wiped out in the process. >
You can control whether the uninstall happens before or after the install of the new product. See the MSI doc for "RemoveExistingProducts." > I'll give that a shot though-it means that I should just change the > product code with every build, but leave the upgrade code the same, > right? > Yes. You can use * as the product code to have WiX generate it every time. -- sig://boB http://bobs.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
